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Definition subtend

Etymology

From Latin subtendere, from sub (“under”) + tendere (“to stretch, extend”). See tend.

Verb

subtend (third-person singular simple present subtends, present participle subtending, simple past and past participle subtended)

1. (transitive, mathematics) To use an angle to delimit (mark off, enclose) part of a straight or curved line, for example an arc or the opposite side of a triangle.
2. (transitive, also mathematics) To extend or stretch opposite something; to be part of a straight or curved line that is opposite to and delimits an angle.
3. (transitive, mathematics) To form the central angle of a circle underneath an arc

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